Chapter Text

The little boy lost

Or

Introjektion

"Father, father, where are you going

O do not walk so fast.

Speak father, speak to your little boy

Or else I shall be lost,

The night was dark no father was there

The child was wet with dew.

The mire was deep, & the child did weep

And away the vapour flew."

- William Blake

*

"For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence."

- Jacque Lacan

*

“It is easy to show that the ego ideal answers to everything that is expected of the higher nature of man. As a substitute for a longing for the father, it contains the seed from which all religions have developed.”

- Sigmund Freud

*

Vatersehnsucht

(german, noun)

/ˈfaːtərˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/

Defintion: a desperate longing for the father.

Vater (“father) + sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”)